Trilussa writes in romaesque, the slang and accent used in Rome, Italy.

A cat stops by a dog barking at the moon.They point out its impassibility by making personal remarks, The dog "...amidst all unjustices and problems, there it is, always the same. I would like that sometimes the moon would make grimaces and faces...", The cat replies "that's because it saw these things many times over. The world doesn't changes..."